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Today in the United States is the Optional Memorial of Thanksgiving Day in the dioceses of the United States. In 1621 colonists in New England gave communal thanks and praise to God for his abundant mercies and blessings. This became a tradition and in 1863 Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed a legal holiday. It is celebrated liturgical with a Mass asking that each person's gratitude to God may bear fruit in loving service to neighbor. --Daily Roman Missal

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Fraternity, service, and Marian spirituality: Leo XIV's recommendations to Servites (Dicastery for Communication)

Posted on 11/26/2025 06:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV received participants in the 215th general chapter of the Order of the Servants of Mary (Servites), founded in 1233, and encouraged them to return to the Gospel, to the order’s Rule and Constitutions, and “to listening to the cry of the poor.”

“In order for you to live this threefold return in the best way, not only in these days but always, I would like to recommend three means, typical of your tradition: fraternity, service and Marian spirituality,” Pope Leo said.

“Dear friends, may Mary, present at the Cross, strong, faithful, show you how to stand beside the countless crosses where Christ still suffers in his brethren, to bring them comfort, communion, help and the valuable bread of affection,” the Pope added.

Conductor Riccardo Muti to receive Ratzinger Prize (Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinge)

Posted on 11/26/2025 06:11 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

The Joseph Ratzinger—Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation has announced that conductor Riccardo Muti will receive the 2025 Ratzinger Prize. The prize, according to the Foundation, is awarded to “eminent personalities in the field of culture and Christian-inspired art.”

“The very high value of Maestro Muti’s art is universally recognized, and Benedict XVI also considered himself a sincere admirer of it,” the Foundation stated. “For his part, the Maestro reciprocated this esteem with repeated personal manifestations of attention and affection, even when Pope Benedict, after his resignation, was in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.”

“I have always followed and deeply admired Pope Benedict XVI, whose thoughts, reflections and meditations have been and will be a nourishment for men and women of good will,” said Muti. “The last private meeting with Benedict will remain for me and my wife a memory full of faith and hope.”